Happy New Year!

I have a feeling this year is going to be great! We had a wonderful New Years Eve! In the past we have always been stuck looking for something to do on New Years. This year our best friends Amanda and Ty decided to have some friends over to their new house in Bluff Dale. I got to their house around lunch time and Cody came up later after he got off work. In the mean time Amanda and I went to Granbury to do a little shopping. I found some steals at Maurices! I bought a new pair of dressy dark denim skinny jeans, a simple, cute, blue cardigan and a cute, little, black dress--all for only $21!! Gosh I am good! Then Amanda and I went back to their house and started getting the food ready. Amanda is quite the cook! I lived with her throughout college and she has become quite the Betty Crocker since being married! The guys grilled ribeyes on the fire pit and we had potato salad and bacon wrapped greenbeans! YUM! Sadly everyone cancelled on us so it was just us 4! But it didn't bother me one bit! We hung out and drank some wine, watched a little Shrek 3 in 3D! And then we brought in the new year at the Greenwood Saloon. I didn't get any good pictures...but here are a few!

This is The Greenwood Saloon! It's as country as country gets! But we love it!

Cody and Ty in their 3D glasses watching Shrek 3!

Our delicious Ribeyes!

Kindergarten 2010/2011

I just wanted to share with some of you how blessed I have been this year! I have the most wonderful class this year! It is filled with some of the best kids parents could have asked for. All of my kids are so different but so wonderful and I have had an amazing year! Here are some pictures and some of their work!

We love the Rangers!

Crazy Hair Day

"I love my family. We cook a turkey and after dinner we will have a pie."

Black Friday

I always get really excited about Black Friday. However, I can never get anyone to go with me. Lucky for me...this year my neighbor Jessica said I could go with her. She has 2 kids that are 3 and 5...I've come to find out when you have kids...Black Friday is a must!! We started out at the Outlet Mall in Hillsboro at 10 p.m.! The Children's Place was having great sales! Everything was an additional 50% off. I picked up my Angel (off the angel tree) a few things. Then we went to Wal-Mart at 11 to wait in lines for their Midnight Sales. People are CRAZZZY! All I wanted from Wal-Mart were some new sheets, maybe a new back-up comforter and a few other things. Apparently a million other ladies wanted the same things and they were not nice about it! I ended up getting the LAST brown and turqouise comforter for $34.88. It's a 7 piece queen set. It's not the greatest...but it will work. It came with a bedskirt, shams, decorative pillows, etc, So you really can't beat it. I am just so crazy about our comforter that it's hard to change out! I did get a ton of sheet sets for $7 and a ton of Egyptian Cotton towels for $3.77! And they feel really good! Jessica was still on the other side of the store battling to get the kid's bicycles and scooters and a ton of other stuff! It was a mad house. After we left Wal-Mart we ran back to the Outlet Mall for the 47 " Flat Screen TV Drawing at 1:00 a.m.. There wasn't very many people who entered the drawing so we were hoping we could win! I never win anything! And....I didn't win the tv but I did win a FREE oil-change! Haha. We then left to go to Waco. Now it is 2 a.m.!! We went to the Wal-Mart there and there wasn't anyone in the store and there were tons of those comforters left that I had nearly got beat up over. Jessica ended up getting one too. Then we went to Kohls...it was disappointing-NOTHING there and it was CRAZY. Then we went to Sears....It wasn't too bad. I got Cody's mom a really cute King size Quilt in a tote. It was pretty cute and came in this little tote with shams and a decorative pillow. Then we went to Academy...I got Franky a new bed for $8.99, and I got some houseshoes. I wanted to get Cody more at Academy but he is so darn picky! I picked him up a few things here in there but I'm not going to tell you what in case he decides to read this. The we went home! I got back to my house at 6:30 a.m. and went straight to bed! And guess what! Jessica had to be at work at 8 a.m.! She is nuts! Later in the day I showered and went to Burleson and stopped at their Wal-Mart and Target and found a few more things. It was fun, so now I'm at home recovering today!! Whew! Good thing Black Friday only happens once a year!

A few of my purchases....

A Little Christmas Shopping

This morning I was laying around the house when the doorbell rang. I peeked out to make sure it wasn't the Jehovas Witnesses...their church is right down the road. It was Jessica! She is my wonderful neighbor! I have her son Braxton in my Kindergarten class this year! Anyhow...Jessica's husband, Dudley and Cody were at the deer lease and Jessica came over to show me all the steals she found at The Children's Place! I got so excited because we have tons of little girls on Cody's side of the family so we went to The Children's Place this morning. We got there right at 10 and they weren't open...so we went and ate at IHOP and then went back to The Children's Place. They were pretty picked over. I searched high and low for 24 months and 2t for Jacy, Cody's neice, but I couldn't find anything! Then I looked for his other 2 neices, Berkley and Presley who are 9 and 10. I found a ton of stuff that I thought was cute but wasn't sure if they would like or wear it. They seem so much older than they are. So, I don't know what to get them anymore...

I did find some cute stuff for Cody's cousin's babies. I think I did pretty good! Oh goodness do I ever have baby fever!? Cody says Not now, Not yet. We are going to wait a little longer... That baby will be spoiled rotten when we have one. I love shopping for babies and kids!! Anyways...here are some pictures of what I bought!

I used my cell phone to take these pictures so they aren't the best!

It's Been a While...

There hasn't been a lot going on in the Pratka household. Cody has been at the deer lease nearly every weekend, so I have just stuck around the house and cleaned and baked. This weekend was supposed to be pretty busy. We got invitations to a million different things this weekend. Jenn's shower tomorrow at 6, Berkley's birthday tomorrow at 6, Rachel's jewelry party tomorrow at 6, and then Clint's birthday in Stephenville tomorrow night. So how do we choose?? Well....Cody will be working in Stephenville all weekend so I am going to Jenn's shower and then I may meet Cody in Stephenville for Clint's birthday tomorrow night. Since I am all alone tonight I thought I would scrapbook for Jenn! I know she has been crazy busy with everything going on in her life so I made her a few pages for Bryce's scrapbook. Here are a couple of pics. I took them on my phone so they aren't the best.

Pumpkin Patch Pics

I've had a hard time finding anyone to take pictures of Cody and I. I wish Ashley lived closer!! But I finally found a girl named Brittney that is local and we went and shot a session with her last night! I am pleased with how our pictures turned out! It was a lot of fun...except for the mosquitos! Here are a few of our favorites!

I Love Fall!

So this weekend I met my best friend Amanda is Fort Worth for some shopping. I planned on looking for new clothes but I couldn't find anything I couldn't live without! I did buy a bunch of fall decorations and I got Cody 5 new shirts from Old Navy. I'm excited about my new fall decorations! We ended our day with dinner at Pei Wei in the Montgomery Ward Plaza. I love Pei Wei---it is my favorite place! So the day was perfect until....

I got rear-ended on I-20. Luckily nobody was hurt! But it wasn't exactly how I wanted to end my perfect day. Cody was still In Tulsa working so I called Amanda and she came and got me and drove me all the way back home and then she had to drive an hour and a half from my house to hers! She is the greatest! Now the people are trying to pin this on me...I can't see how. I wasn't exactly backing down I-20. Errr...

On a happier note, here are my new decorations!!